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<h2>Daily Change in Dow Jones and Nikkei Stock Market Indices</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Daily changes in two stock market indices
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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataset with 56 observations on the following 5 variables.
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    <code>DJIAch</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Change in Dow Jones Industrial Average</td>
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    <code>Date</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Date: 06-Aug-09 to 02-Nov-09</td>
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    <code>Nik225ch</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Change in Nikkei 225 stock average</td>
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    <code>Up</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Indicator for positive Nikkei change</td>
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    <code>lagNik</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Previous day's Nikkei change</td>
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<h3>Details</h3>

<p>This dataset contains data on daily changes from two stock markets over 56 days from 06-Aug-09 to 02-Nov-09.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is based in New York and the Nikkei 225 is a stock index in Japan.
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Dow Jones Industrial Average:<br />
http://markets.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/quote/historical?<br />
Month=11&amp;Symbol=310%3A998313&amp;Year=2009&amp;Range=12&amp;tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea<br />
Historical Nikkei 225 index:<br />
http://markets.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/quote/historical?<br />
Month=11&amp;Symbol=992%3A1900000035&amp;Year=2009&amp;Range=12&amp;tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea
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